dampens

英 [ˈdæmpənz]

美 [ˈdæmpənz]

v.  弄湿; 使潮湿; 抑制，控制，减弱(感情、反应等)
dampen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 降低，减弱，抑制(热情、激动等)
  Todampensomething such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
  1. Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm...
     似乎没有什么能让他那持久的热情消退。
  2. I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.
     我不想扫你的兴，但你是否忽视了几个小的问题呢？
  3. Todampensomethingdownmeans the same as todampenit.
     dampen down 同 dampen
  4. Although unemployment rose last month, this is unlikely to dampen down wage demands...
     虽然上个月失业人数上升，但这不太可能减弱工人要求加薪的意愿。
  5. The economy overheated and the Government used interest rates to dampen it down.
     经济发展过热，政府通过利率加以抑制。
• VERB 使潮湿;弄湿
  If youdampensomething, you make it slightly wet.
  1. She took the time to dampen a washcloth and do her face.
     她花了点时间弄湿毛巾，洗了把脸。

双语例句

• The virus carried a human gene which dampens down the nerve cells that become overactive in Parkinson's patients which as a result interferes with movement control.
  此病毒携带一种能下调帕金森病人大脑中过度活跃的神经细胞活性的人类基因，从而改善病人的运动调控功能。
• Trying to artificially hold down prices has heavy costs for domestic producers, encourages consumption, and dampens energy production over time.
  试图人为压低能源价格将令国内生产商付出沉重代价，同时会刺激能源消费，而在长期内抑制能源生产。
• Under this background, the information of national second-hand vehicle trade market is seriously asymmetrical, which not only dampens the enthusiasm of second-hand vehicle consumers but also impacts the sustainable, steady and rapid development of national second-hand vehicle trade market.
  在这种背景环境下，使得我国的二手车市场存在着严重的信息不对称问题，不仅挫伤了二手车消费者的积极性，同时也影响了二手车市场持续、稳定、快速的发展。
• The low field MRI fat suppresses the sequence, in the knee joint bone dampens the application
  低场MRI脂肪抑制序列在膝关节骨挫伤中的应用
• One of the most serious problem in rural economy is the unstability of land-contracted relationship which dampens the enthusiasm of peasants in production greatly.
  当前农村经济工作的最大问题是土地承包关系不稳定，严重挫伤了农民的生产积极性。
• Nothing ever dampens your spirits, does it, sam?
  从没有什么东西可以影响你的心情，是吗，山姆？
• The outbreak of SARS dampens global optimism and the traditional national security concept, bringing to the limelight the heretofore neglected issue of human security.
  一场严重急性呼吸综合症（SARS）颠覆了全球乐观主义与传统的国家安全观，凸显主流的社群开始关切以往被忽略的有关人类安全的问题。
• Prednisone, a steroid that dampens the immune system, is often the first line of treatment, Dryden said.
  强的松是抑制免疫系统的类固醇药，它常是一线药。
• It opens your chest, eases the pressure on your lungs, and dampens the flames in those burning muscles.
  因为这样可以把胸腔整个张开，减轻肺脏压力，使进行氧化燃烧的肌肉降温。
• It is pointed out that the current teaching method fails to significantly improve students 'reading ability and dampens students' interest in English reading and English learning as a whole and thus the research done by the author is of great practical significance.
  作者指出目前的教学方法不能有效提高学生的阅读能力，并打消了学生对英语阅读和英语学习的积极性，因此该研究具有很强的现实意义。